Associations to the word «Lamplighter»
Noun
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Wiktionary
LAMPLIGHTER, noun. (historical) A person employed to light streetlights at dusk and snuff them at dawn.
Dictionary definition
LAMPLIGHTER, noun. (when gas was used for streetlights) a person who lights and extinguishes streetlights.
Wise words
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want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.